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Chi Energy

• Each person must nurture the Ch'i (air, breath)
  that has been given to them. Taoists strongly
  promote health and vitality.
• Tai chi as an art of the balance of forces

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• Tai chi works on all parts of the body, to
  "stimulate the central nervous system, lowers
  blood pressure, relieves stress and gently tones
  muscles without strain. It also enhances
  digestion, elimination of wastes and the
  circulation of blood. Moreover, tai chi's
  rhythmic movements massage the internal organs
  and improve their functionality."

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• Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that illness
  is caused by blockages or lack of balance in the
  body's "chi" (intrinsic energy). Tai Chi is
  believed to balance this energy flow.

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Acupuncture Meridians
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Y/Y and the Five Elements
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Chinese acupuncture

• Cultural incommensurability (no common
  measure) between Western and Eastern
  explanations of pain.
• Chi energy travels throughout the body along
  channels, or meridians.
• The method of selecting points along for
  acupuncture anesthesiology "where a meridian
  traverses, there is a place amenable to
  treatment.
• This doesnt jibe with Western explanations from
  the Western perspective, its success is an
  anomaly.

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CTM Western Medicine

• Different attitudes to acupuncture highlight
  contrasting views of the the physician. The
  gardener and the mechanic.
• Mechanic structure determines function, and
  structure is purely physical. Focus on parts to
  be fixed.
• Gardener Patient is viewed as a complete
  integration of body and mind.
• Theory-dominant vs. practice-dominant
  orientations. The Chinese generally more
  concerned about efficacy than about explanation.

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• CTM is holistic in directing itself to the
  person as a physiological and psychological
  unity. Analyze not the sickness but rather
  understand the sick person to restore balance and
  health.
• Eastern medicines traditional view of the body
  takes the bodys mode in the opposite direction
  from modern medicines procedure of anatomy
  first, then physiology, and only finally
  psychology.--Yuasa

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